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That time Yiddishists met extraterrestrials a short while ago in a galaxy not far away
It was a normal summer internship at the Yiddish Book Center ... until the Jedi invaded our turf
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NYC subway map designer Michael Hertz dies at 87
Michael Hertz, the graphic designer who helped make the New York City subway system legible for over 4 million riders a day, has passed away. He was 87. Hertz’s son Eugene confirmed his death, telling CNN he died of natural causes on February 18, at Nassau University Medical Center. In 1979, Hertz’s firm, Michael Hertz…
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WATCH NOW: A Fraught Conversation: Racism and Anti-Semitism in Politics
This event has already taken place. Watch a recording here Please join Forward Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren as she moderates “A Fraught Conversation: Racism and Anti-Semitism in Politics”. Panelists include Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and served in the White House as special assistant to President Obama and director of the Office of Social…
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Why ‘Good News’ from Sanders sounds like bad news to so many Jews
During the most recent Democratic debate, which ended with two candidates quoting a New Testament verse as their motto and one sharing that he draws a cross on his hand every day, I was left with a surprising feeling: one of the Jewish candidates on the stage actually sounded a bit Christian in both his…
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WATCH NOW: The 11th Plague? Passover in a Pandemic
This event has already taken place. Watch the video recording here. Join our live panel discussion, “The 11th Plague? Passover in a Pandemic.” Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief of the Forward, will host a conversation about how Jews are approaching and adapting the holiday featuring Archie Gottesman, co-founder of JewBelong; the renowned cookbook author Joan Nathan; Abby…
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WATCH NOW: Israeli Politics in a Pandemic
This event has already taken place. Watch the video recording here. As the coronavirus continues to spread, Israel is attempting to form a government after three elections and ongoing political deadlock. Join us for a live online in-depth analysis of Israel’s election results and a discussion about what comes next with Yohanan Plesner, President of…
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Why ‘Jojo Rabbit’ is heading to a classroom near you
Last year, “Jojo Rabbit,” the Hitler Youth satire by Taika Waititi, charmed audiences and baffled skeptics, managing to be whimsical, winning and kind-hearted — while also featuring an imaginary Adolf Hitler who dines on unicorns. Now, the Oscar-winning film is on its way to classrooms as a teaching tool, aimed at educating young people about…
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Fascinated by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — and exploiting it
I don’t know if I’ve ever read a more exhausting book than Colum McCann’s “Apeirogon.” McCann, the author of, among others, the National Book Award-winning “Let the Great World Spin,” is attracted to big stories, the kind that appear to in some way encompass the world. So it’s only natural that he would, at some…
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Diagnosing Anti-Semitism as a virulent disease
Emmy Award winning documentarian Andrew Goldberg, 51, has covered many socially/historically significant topics in his films— among them, “The Armenians, A Story of Survival,” to “Proud to Serve: The Men and Women of the US Army,” to “Out in America,” to “The Iranian Americans,” — but the Jewish experience has always been close to his…
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An intimate tribute to Rachel Cowan, trailblazing rabbi
Filmmaker Paula Weiman-Kelman remembers her first private conversation with Rabbi Rachel Cowan in 1989. “We were in a hot tub on a Wexner retreat in Aspen, Colorado,” Weiman-Kelman said over the phone from her home in Israel. “She was teaching and she was just extraordinary. There’s like 12 years between us, and at that time…
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Tony Randall at 100 — Once a Rosenberg, always a Rosenberg
The American Jewish actor Tony Randall, beloved star of the TV sitcom “The Odd Couple,” whose centenary is celebrated on February 26, was an example of a professional façade covering a persistent search for Yiddishkeit. Born Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Randall was the son of Mogscha Rosenberg, an antique and objet d’art dealer…
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Auschwitz Museum objects to ‘Hunters’ over invented Nazi atrocities
The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum has accused Amazon’s Nazi revenge series “Hunters” of recklessly inventing a Holocaust atrocity. The museum’s objection came in response to a central sequence involving a grisly game of chess. In the first episode, two members of the central 1970s Nazi-hunting crew —mastermind Meyer Offerman (Al Pacino) and his protégé Jonah (Logan…
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